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From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <jeedo@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: can "emerge sync"'s rsync compression be made optional?
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 17:16:21
Message-Id: 4013F9C5.8040501@users.sourceforge.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Feature request: can "emerge sync"'s rsync compression be made optional? by Mike Frysinger
1 Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > On Saturday 24 January 2004 19:16, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
3 >
4 >>This seems to be hardcoded at the moment, could a variable be added to
5 >>make.conf, perhaps
6 >>
7 >>SYNC_COMPRESSION="yes/no" to control this behavior
8 >
9 >
10 > i would say no ... i dont know of any reason why you would want to do that and
11 > it would increase the load on our rsync servers ...
12 > -mike
13
14 Some mirrors (mine) specifically ask people not to use -z, gentoo users doing
15 so piss of the mirror admins which means gentoo wont be mirrored.
16
17 I think thats a valid reson,
18 Perhaps there could even be a SYNC_OPTIONS="" line where people could specify
19 all options in case they need other uses.
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